Phonograph-record holder



A. E. NEELY.

PHONOGRAPH RECORD HOLDER. APPLICATION man OCT. 20, 1921.

1,437,608, Patented Dec. 5,1922- Patented Dec. 5, 1922.

UNETED STATES Mdiifitt ALBERT EDGAR NEELY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PHONOGRAPH-RECORD HOLDER.

Application filed October 20, 1921. Serial No. 509,125.

To all whom 2'25 may concern.

Be it known that I, ALBERT E. NEELY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Phonograph-ReoordHolders, of which the following is. a specification.

My invention relates to features of novelty and improvement inreceptacles or containers, especially those adapted to store or housephonograph records in such a manner that they are readily accessible foruse, after which they may be replaced with facility and dispatch.

To this end, the new holder or case comprises a series of slides ormovable shelves adapted to support the records individually in a box andby partially withdrawing any slide its record is brought to suitable andfavorable position for removal and use.

This box is fitted with a cover, which, when the box is not in activeuse, may be employed to close the same to exclude dust and dirt, and thewhole constitutes convenient means for the ready transportation of thestock of records contained therein.

Another important feature of advantage and benefit resides inappropriate index means which at a glance indicates which slide shouldbe withdrawn to render the selected record available and which withequal ease specifies the proper position for replacement of the record.

Such index or tabulation means is of a double or duplex characterespecially adapted or designed for use with so-called double-facedrecords.

To the accomplishment of these and other desirable objects, I haveprovided the new type and style of record holder, a preferred embodimentof the invention of which in suitable and convenient physical form isillustrated in the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecification and throughout the several views of which like referencecharacters refer to the same parts.

In this drawing:

Figure 1 is a horizontal section through the record holder showing oneindex card in operative position and the other index card in inoperativepositlon;

Figure 2 is a fragment of the front elevation of the structure;

Figure 4 is a face view of one of the index cards.

Referring to this drawing, it will be perceived that the container orholder comprises a rectangular box 10, such as of pasteboard,strawboard, or the like, open at its front end, closed at 11 at its backend, and having top,bottom, and side walls 12, 13 and 1 4 respectively.

Just inside each side wall 14, 14, the box is fitted or supplied with awooden or other appropriate block 15 having in its inner face ten, orany other suitable number of, parallel or horizontal grooves 16 adaptedto slidingly accommodate the marginal or border portions ofacorresponding number of flat pasteboard slides or supports 17 eachdesigned to support one of the records 18 which rests on its uppersurface.

The grooves of the two opposed or companion blocks register with oneanother, as is clearly shown, to perform the slide supporting functionspecified, and the blocks are convenientl permanently held in place bybeing ued or otherwise securely fastened to the correspondinginner facesof the side walls 14., 14.

' Whereas the wooden grooved or channeled blocks extend the full depthor length of the encasing or enclosing box, as shown in Figure 1, theirgrooves or channels are of less length presenting at their inner endscurved shoulders or stops 19, 19 against which the similarly shaped rearcorners of the slides are adapted to bear to limit their inward travel.I

By thus making the slides or movable shelves of less length than that ofthe box, the phonograph records projecting somewhat beyond their rearedges, a substantial saving of material is effected without in any wayreducing the value or capacity of the appliance.

The group of slides 17 at their front edges have stepped orprojectively-olfset forwardly-projecting tabs or cars 20 equippedsuccessively with display numerals, zero to nine inclusive, constitutinghandles and indices by means of which the slides maybe drawn out toexpose the records and render them available for use.

As is indicated, perhaps more clearly in Figures 1 and 3, these tabs orindex ears project forwardly beyond the front of the box when the slidesare pushed back fully home so that they are always in position forconvenient use.

Each wooden block 15 on its face next to the adjacent side wall of thebox to which it is fastened has a cavity or recess 21 designed andprovided to accommodate anindex card, designated as a whole 22,preferably, though not necessarily, equipped near its middle part with avertical hinge 23 which divides the card into two sections or portions24: and

the latter acting as a supporting member in the recess for the otherpart 24 when the latter is drawn out into operative position. as shownin the right-hand portion of Figure 1.

The section or portion 2st of the card on its face next to the shelvesand records has ten lines or spaces in register or alignment with theslides or shelves, such lines or spaces being numbered respectively zeroto nine inclusive in conformity with the same numerals on thecorresponding tabs or ears $20.

The names of the records are written on these lines or in these spaceswhich are in register with the slides carrying such records whereby bymerely inspecting the index card, the location of the desired record iseasily ascertained, whereupon it can be readily removed and as easilyreplaced when its use has ended.

Two of these index cards are employed, one at each side, for use withdouble-faced records, the piece on one side of the record beingdisplayed on one index card and the companion piece on the reverse sidebeing shown on the opposite card, the spaces between the lines on eithercard being hardly wide enough to accommodate the names of both pieces.

These index cards are readily wholly removable from the box when desiredfor the insertion, at a convenient desk or elsewhere, of the name of therecords on the proper lines.

They are also as easily reinserted in place ready for partial withdrawalonly for ordinary use.

When thus partly pulled out for display purposes their front indexsections may be folded back on the hinged joints to more clearly showtheir faces bearing the names of the records.

Such a position of one of the cards is shown at the right-hand portionof Figure 1, whereas at the left-hand part of the same figure theposition of the card is shown when it is pushed back to its chamber intoinoperative position.

If desired, each such display or index card may have a front tab ortongue 26 to facilitate its full or partial Withdrawal.

The tabs or ears of the slides and the lines or spaces of the indexcards are numbered zero to nine inclusive with a space before each suchnumeral, whereby for subsequent boxes of records after the firstsuitable prefix numerals may be applied before them to convert thenumbers, for example, into ten to nineteen inclusive, twenty totwenty-nine inclusive, thirty to thirty-nine inclusive, etc.

The cover 27 for the box has one end 28 closed and the other end open,whereby when the box is open the cover may be fitted over it with thetwo open ends of the box and cover coinciding giving free access to theslides and records.

When the cover is used to close the box, its position is reversed sothat its closed end covers the open face of the box for preventingaccidental discharge of the records if the box or holder is tilted.

Such a position of the cover is illustrated in Figure 3.

It should be noted that internally such cover is equipped at its closedend with a band or strip 2-9, the edge of which is de signed to bearagainst the front of the box, thus limiting and restricting theapplication of the cover and providing inside the latter a space for thereception and protection of the ears or tabs 20 and 26.

The structure as a whole forms a simple, convenient, and inexpensiveportable phonograph record hoider composed of but few parts not subjectto damage or injury in ordinary service, the storage container havingsuitable index means to render easy the finding of the desired records,such reference cards being readily removable for filling in the blankspaces with the names of new records.

This invention is not limited and restricted to the precise and exactdetails of structure presented because these are susceptible of radicalmodification without departure from the substance and essence of theinvention and without the sacrifice of any of its substantial benefitsand advantages.

1 claim:

l. A phonograph record. holder comprising in combination, a box, aplurality of slides in said box adapted to support the recordsindividually and to render the latter accessible by partial withdrawalof the slides index means movable outwardly to operative position andinwardly into the box intoinoperative position and having spaces fortherecord names in register with the slides. I

2. A phonograph record holder comprising in combination, a box, aplurality of slides in said box adapted to support the recordsindividually and to render the latter accessible by the partialwithdrawal of the slides, index means having spaces for the record namesin register with said slides, whereby the two index means may be usedconjointly for double-faced records.

3. A phonograph record holder comprising in combination, a box, aplurality of slides in said box adapted to support the recordsindividually and to render the latter accessible by partial withdrawalof the slides, and index means having spaces for the record names inregister with said slides, said index means being wholly removable fromthe box to facilitate the insertion of the record names in such spaces.

4. A phonograph record holder comprising in combination, a box, aplurality of slides in said box adapted to support the recordsindividually and to render the latter accessible by partial withdrawalof the slides, means at one side of the slides having spaces for therecord names in register with said slides, and other index means at theopposite side of said slides having spaces for the record names inregister with the slides, whereby the two index means may be usedconjointly for double-faced records.

5. A phonograph record holder comprising in combination, a box, aplurality of slides in said box adapted to support the recordsindividually and to render the latter accessible by partial withdrawalof the slides, means at one side of the slides having spaces for therecord names in register with said slides, and other index means at theopposite side of said slides having spaces for the record names inregister with the slides, whereby the two index means may be usedconjointly for double-faced records, each of said index means beingwholly removable from the box 'to facilitate the insertion of the recordnames in its spaces.

6. A phonograph record holder comprising in combination, an open endbox, spaced grooved blocks in said box adjacent to the side wallsthereof, slides to hold the records having their margins supported bysaid blocks and slidable in the grooves thereof,

in register with the slides and numbered 0 to 9 inclusive.

7. A phonograph record holder comprising in combination, a box, spacedgrooved blocks in the box adjacent to the sidewalls thereof, slides tohold the records having their margins slidable in the grooves of saidblocks, one at least of said blocks having a recess, an index cardslidable in said recess into inoperative and into operative exposedposition and having spaces for the record names in register with saidslides.

8. A phonograph record holder comprising in combination, a box, spacedgrooved blocks in the box adjacent to the side-walls thereof, slides tohold the records having their margins slidable in the grooves of saidblocks, one at least of said blocks having a recess, an index cardslidable in said recess into inoperative and into operative exposedposition and having spaces for the record names in register with saidslides, said card comprising two sections hinged together, the onesection comprising the index proper, the other section acting as asupport in the recess for the other section.

ALBERT EDGAR NEELY.

